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"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"word": "niteel bitʼąąʼ łánígíí"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sverdlilje"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "mækje"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zanbaq",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"word": "زنبق"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schelplelje"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "irys"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kosaciec"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "íris"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iris"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stânjen"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stânjenel"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "íris",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "и́рис"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kasátik",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "каса́тик"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seileastair"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "и̑рис"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
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"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "перу̀ника"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ȋris"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "perùnika"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perunika"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lirio"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"word": "airisi"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kaṇṭipāpa",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"word": "కంటిపాప"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"word": "süsen"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"word": "iris"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"word": "diên vĩ"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "iris",
"sense": "plant of the genus Iris",
"word": "איריס"
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "part of the eye",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "quzaḥiyya",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "قُزَحِيَّة"
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"sense": "part of the eye",
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"feminine"
],
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"masculine"
],
"word": "سواد العين"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ciacanatʻaġantʻ",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "ծիածանաթաղանթ"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "ակնածիածան"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iris",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ирис"
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{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "မျက်ဝန်း"
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"code": "my",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "မျက်နက်"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hóngmó",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "虹膜"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hóngcǎi",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "虹彩"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
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"code": "da",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
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],
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "part of the eye",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "თვალის გარსი"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "ფერადი გარსი"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Iris"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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],
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ίρις"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "קַשְתִית"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "szivárványhártya"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "part of the eye",
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{
"code": "ga",
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],
"word": "imreasc"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
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],
"word": "inteachán"
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"code": "ga",
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],
"word": "seall"
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"code": "it",
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],
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "虹彩"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "prɑsrəy",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "ប្រស្រី"
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{
"code": "km",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "អក្ខិ"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "កែវភ្នែក"
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{
"code": "km",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "អក្សិតារា"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "홍채"
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{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"tags": [
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "part of the eye",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "šarenica",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шареница"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "tiwha"
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{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "anázhiin"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
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],
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"code": "nn",
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{
"code": "fa",
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"word": "عنبیه"
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"code": "pl",
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],
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{
"code": "pt",
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],
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"code": "ro",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ра́дужная оболо́чка"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "и́рис"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "и̑рис"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
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"feminine"
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"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
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"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "part of the eye",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "part of the eye",
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"feminine"
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "part of the eye",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "es",
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],
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"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "regnbågshinna"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "alikmata"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "inlaan"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "bahay-balintataw"
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{
"code": "th",
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"roman": "mâan-dtaa",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "ม่านตา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "iris"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "mống mắt"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "lirid"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "iris",
"sense": "part of the eye",
"word": "איריס"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "blenda",
"sense": "photography, cinematography: diaphragm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бленда"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "photography, cinematography: diaphragm",
"word": "himmennin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "photography, cinematography: diaphragm",
"word": "aukko"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "photography, cinematography: diaphragm",
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],
"word": "iris"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "photography, cinematography: diaphragm",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "photography, cinematography: diaphragm",
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],
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},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "бле̑нда"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "photography, cinematography: diaphragm",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
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[
"door",
"door"
],
[
"open",
"open"
],
[
"close",
"close"
]
],
"qualifier": "lens; or door; lens; or door",
"raw_glosses": [
"(of an aperture, lens, or door) To open or close in the manner of an iris."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an aperture"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English literary terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1834, Jacob Abbott, chapter 1, in The Corner-Stone, Boston: William Peirce, page 31",
"text": "Pure, transparent, glistening in the sun, and irised by a thousand hues, which float and wave and spread in graceful and ceaseless motion on its surface!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1987, Charles Tomlinson, “Winter Journey”, in The Return, Oxford University Press, page 35",
"text": "The sun as it comes indoors out of space\nHas left a rainbow irising each glass—\nA refraction, caught then multiplied\nFrom the crystal tied within our window,",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause (something) to shine with the colours of the rainbow; to make iridescent."
],
"links": [
[
"iridescent",
"iridescent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literary) To cause (something) to shine with the colours of the rainbow; to make iridescent."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "iridize"
}
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈaɪ.ɹɪs/"
},
{
"ipa": "/aɪɹɪs/",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʌɪɹɪs/",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[əɪɹɪs]",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪɹɪs"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-iris.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/En-us-iris.ogg/En-us-iris.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/En-us-iris.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "ī'rĭs"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"iris"
],
"word": "iris"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: See Usage notes",
"path": [
"iris"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "iris",
"trace": ""
}
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